Synopses & Reviews
Rejecting simplified notions of "civilizational clashes," Kingship and Colonialism in India's Deccan argues for a new perspective on Hindu, Muslim, and colonial power relations in India in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using archival sources from London, Delhi, and Hyderabad, in English, Urdu, and Telugu, the book makes use of interviews and private family records as well as princely-colonial records uncovered outside of the archival respositories.
Review
"Cohen has made a major contribution to South Indian history with this first book... Well researched and well written... Highly recommended." —CHOICE
Synopsis
Rejecting simplified notions of 'civilizational clashes', this book argues for a new perspective on Hindu, Muslim, and colonial power relations in India. Using archival sources from London, Delhi, and Hyderabad, the book makes use of interviews, private family records and princely-colonial records uncovered outside of the archival repositories.
Synopsis
An examination of resilient Hindu elites who lived, fought, and adapted to political and social change during the turbulent late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the princely state of Hyderabad.
About the Author
Benjamin Cohen is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Utah. He teaches courses on South Asia and Asian history.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: At the Edge of Empire
Chapter Two: Soldiers, Mercenaries, and Moneylenders
Chapter Three: Turbans, Titles and Tigers: Symbols of Rulership
Chapter Four: The Court of Wards in Hyderabad
Chapter Five: The Death of Kings, the Birth of a Nation
Epilogue